shed

名词 n. 动词 v.
发音 shěd

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A slight or temporary structure built to shade or shelter something; a structure usually open in front; an outbuilding, especially a smallish one; a hut.
    — wagon shed
  2. An opening between upper and lower warp yarns through which the weft is woven.
    — Open the shed. Working in the direction that the shuttle will travel, insert the pick-up stick under the first 8 warp ends (including both lifted and lowered ends) and under the last 9 ends, passing through the open shed in between.
  3. A large temporary open structure for reception of goods.
  4. A distinction or dividing-line. obsolete
  5. An automobile which is old, worn-out, slow, or otherwise of poor quality. UK,derogatory,informal
  6. A parting in the hair. obsolete
  7. A British Rail Class 66 locomotive. UK,informal
    — Never saw that but we did stand and watch a pair of Sheds (156 and 165) speed north on a loaded steel.
  8. The top of the head. obsolete
  9. A unit of area equivalent to 10⁻⁵² square meters.
  10. An area of land as distinguished from those around it.
  11. Alternative form of woodshed. alt-of,alternative,slang
动词 v.
  1. To part, separate or divide. UK,dialectal,transitive
    — to shed something in two
  2. To place or allocate a vehicle, such as a locomotive, in or to a depot or shed. transitive
    — On the Dava line, apart from the banking assistance given by the 4-4-0s, the traffic is handled by the standard class "5" 4-6-0s, known among the drivers as "Hikers"; these engines are shedded at Inverness and Perth.
  3. To woodshed. transitive
  4. To part with, separate from, leave off; cast off, cast, let fall, be divested of. ambitransitive
    — You must shed your fear of the unknown before you can proceed.
  5. To pour; to make flow. archaic,transitive
    — Did Romeo's hand shed Tybalt's blood?
  6. To allow to flow or fall. transitive
    — I didn't shed many tears when he left me.
  7. To radiate, cast, give off (light). transitive
    — to shed light on
  8. To pour forth, give off, impart. obsolete,transitive
    — Sence now that he by the right honde of god exalted is, and hath receaved off the father the promys off the holy goost, he hath sheed forthe that which ye nowe se and heare.
  9. To fall in drops; to pour. intransitive,obsolete
  10. To sprinkle; to intersperse; to cover.
    — Her hair […] is shed with gray.
  11. To divide, as the warp threads, so as to form a shed, or passageway, for the shuttle.

词形变化

sheds present,singular,third-person shedding participle,present shed participle,past shed past shedded nonstandard,participle,past shedded nonstandard,past sheds plural shode alternative shead alternative shede alternative sheds plural sheds present,singular,third-person shedding participle,present shedded participle,past shedded past

词源

词源 1
From Middle English scheden, schede, from Old English scēadan, scādan (“to separate, divide, part, make a line of separation between; remove from association or companionship; distinguish, discriminate, decide, determine, appoint; shatter, shed; expound; decree; write down; differ”), from Proto-West Germanic *skaiþan, from Proto-Germanic *skaiþaną (compare West Frisian skiede, Dutch and German scheiden), from Proto-Indo-European *skeyt- (“to cut, part, divide, separate”), from *skey-.
See also Irish scian (“knife”), Lithuanian skėsti (“to spread”), ski̇́esti (“to separate”), Old Church Slavonic цѣдити (cěditi, “to filter, strain”), Ancient Greek σχίζω (skhízō, “to split”), Old Armenian ցտեմ (cʻtem, “to scratch”), Sanskrit च्यति (cyáti, “he cuts off”)). Related to shoad, shit, sheath.
词源 2
From Middle English sched, schede, schad, from a combination of Old English scēada (“a parting of the hair, top of the head”) and Old English ġesċēad (“distinction, reason”).
词源 3
Dialectal variant of a specialized use of shade.
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